Mail-pouch.



No. 642,!42. Paiented lan. 30, |960.

W. H. LYON &. J. C.. WALLICK.

MAIL POUCH.

(Appliqmon med may 1s, 1899.) Y

(No Modal.)

llnrrisn Srarns WILLIAM, ll. LYON AND JESSE C.

PATENT OFFICE.

lVATlLlCK, OF CRESTON, lOlVA.

MAIL-POUCH.

SPECIFICATN forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,142, dated January 30, 1900.

Application filed May 16,1899. Serial No. 717,014. @lo model-l Be it known that we, W'ILLIAM H. LYON and JESSE C. XVALLICK, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Creston, in the county of Union, State of Iowa, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Mail- Pouches, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a mail-pouch of simple, strong, durable, and inexpensive construction that may be opened and closed very rapidlyand when closed may be easily and quickly locked to securely hold the contents of the bag.

Figure 1 shows in perspective a mail-pouch having our improved cover applied thereto in its open position. Fig. 2 shows an isometric view of a portion of the pouch and cover to show certain details of construction. Fig. 3 shows a sectional view through the end portion of the top of the pouch with the cover thereon to illustrate the device Jfor preventing the removal ot" the cover from the pouch.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, we have used the reference-numeral 10 to indicate the pouch proper, which is of the ordidinary construction. At its top we have placed a rope or heavyT cord 11 to cover the entire top edge and which is held thereto by means ofa leather strip 12, sewed to the pouch and overlapping the rope, which it entirely conceals and protects. At the point where the ends of the rope meet is a heavy leather strip 13, having thereon a metal loop 14 to receive a padlock.

The cover is composed of a series of metal loops 15, each having at its top an opening large enough to admit the ropes at the top of the bags, arranged side by side and having its lower ends 16 projected straight downwardly, the said ends being separated sufliciently to admit the top ot' thepouch beneath the ropes between them. This series of loops is placed on the ropes at the top, and a leather or other flexible cover 17is made to completely inelose the loops except at the bottom. This cover is connected with the loops only by means of the rivets 1S, which are passed through the ends of the loop and through the cover, thus producing a perfectly flexible cover that cannot be injured by any amount of bending or twisting. We have provided means whereby this movement of the loops relative to the cover does not wear out the cover, as follows:

The numeral 19 indicates a series of Hatheaded rivets passed through the cover only with their heads engagingthe loop. Hence all of the wear is upon theV rivet-head. It is now obvious that the cover may readily be moved longitudinally upon the top edge of the pouch, and that when it covers the pouch the contents thereof are securely held.

The outerend of the cover at 2O is connected by rivets, so that the cover may not be drawn over the top of the pouch in one direction. For preventing this movement in the opposite direction-that is, for guarding against the cover being removed entirely from the pouch-We have provided a downwardly-projecting arm 2l on the central portion of the loop at the end opposite from 20 to enter be tween the ropes at the top of the pouch. In practical use and assuming that the cover were drawn in the position shown in Fig. l this arm will engage the rope at one end of the top of the pouch, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3, and thereby prevent the removal of the cover from the pouch; but said arm does not interfere with movement of the slide in any other direction.

In opening and closing a mail-pouch it is well known that great haste is usually necessary; hence the great advantage of this feature, for obviously the cover may be drawn with great force to either end of its movement, as required in opening and closing, without danger of drawing it too far and with only one movement of the hand.

In the end of the cover opposite from 20 are three iiaps 22, and in each is an opening 28. When the cover is drawn to close the pouch, these iiaps are placed over the metal loop 14, and then a padlock is passed through the loop, thereby securely locking the pouch.

A handle 24 of the common hind is secured to the top of the sliding cover.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States therefor, is-

1. The combination with a mail-pouch, of a rope secured to the top edges of the pouch, a series of metal loops with downwardly-projecting ends to encircle the ropes and admit IOO the top edges of the bag or pouch between the ends, a iieXible cover to overlap said loops and closed at one end, means, as shown, for securing the ends only of the loops to the cover, and means for locking the cover to the pouch at the end opposite from the closed end, arranged and combined substantially as and for the purposes stated.

2. The combination with a mail-pouch, of a rope 11 secured to its top edges, a strip 12 secured to the pouch to cover said rope, a series of metal loops 15 to overlap the rope, an arm 2l in one of said loops 15, as shown, a flexible cover 17 to overlap the loops closed at one end and rivets 18 for connecting the cover with the lower ends of the loops 15, all arranged and combined as and for the purposes stated.

3. An improved mail-pouch, comprising in combination, a bag or pouch proper, a rope secured toits top edges, a cover therefor coinposed of a series of metal loops with downwardly-projecting ends to encircle the ropes and admit the top edge of the mail-pouch between the ends, a exible cover to overlap said loops and secured thereto, a downwardlyprojecting arm on the end of one of said loops to enter between the ropes, to prevent the detachment of the cover from the pouch, and means for locking the pouch for purposes stated.

VILLIAM H. LYON. JESSE C. VALLICK. Witnesses:

R. BROWN, B. F. BATH. 

